…87 new cases
The Health Ministry on Tuesday announced that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have died, hiking the death toll from the pandemic to 416.
The latest fatalities are a 72-year-old woman from Region Four; a 66-year-old man from Region Three; a 56-year-old woman from Region Three; a 70-year-old woman from Region Four; and a 65-year-old man from Region Five.
They died at a medical facility while receiving treatment. For the month of June, there have been 18 reported deaths.
On Monday, two women: a 70-year-old female from Region Two and a 65-year-old from Region Four also succumbed to the virus. On Sunday, four persons also died.
On Tuesday, 87 new cases were detected from 1078 tests. An updated dashboard saw the total confirmed cases moving up to 17,805.
There are 17 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 95 in institutional isolation, 1649 in home isolation and three in institutional quarantine. Some 15,628 persons have since recovered.
Since the pandemic started, 163,866 individuals were tested – of which 8778 males and 9027 females were positive.
From the new cases, 11 were from Region One (Barima-Waini), three from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 31 from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), two from Region Five (Demerara-Mahaica), 12 in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), 20 in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) and 10 in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
There were no new positives in Regions Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), and Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) as cases remained at 490, 1228 and 370, respectively.
It was clarified on Tuesday that some coronavirus-related deaths are announced quite some time after the person would have succumbed because a PCR test result is needed to determine whether the person was COVID infected.
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony detailed in the coronavirus update, “We do have persons who would pass away in one of the regions. When those deaths are made known to us, if the person would have displayed symptoms or signs of COVID, then a swab is taken and that swab has to be processed. So, it takes some time before we can definitively say that this person was infected with the Sars-CoV-2 virus…While the person might pass away on a particular date, the confirmation on what they died from might be delayed until we have a PCR test done.”
May 2021 is still the deadliest month for Guyana with 99 deaths, followed by last April with 66.
If anyone is displaying any of the symptoms associated with COVID-19 or needs any additional information, contact the COVID-19 Hotline 231-1166, 226-7480 or 624-6674 immediately or visit www.health.gov.gy. (G12)
